The SWCS Academic Handbook is found on soc.mil and contains a lot of information about Selection and Assessment and the Qualification Courses for Special Forces, Civil Affairs, and Psychological Operations.

A book about the science of those who don’t quit. Great for learning about Grit for Selection. Grit analysis tenacity and how to increase or improve your own self-control and willpower. The Take away is that you have to work on your discipline like you do any...

For those soldiers that are going to the Psyop or Civil Affairs (CA) Assessment and Selection, this book will help you learn new memory techniques that will help you out even under pressure. Some techniques are for specific situations and you can skip around in this...

The Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) is a test used by the United States Department of Defense to test an individual’s potential for learning a foreign language and thus determining who may pursue training as a military linguist or be assigned a language...

You will be taking the TABE during SFAS, this could be a factor in your Assesment and Selection, so take it seriously. If you are coming back into the military after years away from school you may want to refresh with this study guide. You have the time right now to...